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International efforts, such as the Paris Agreement, aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But experts say countries aren’t doing enough to limit dangerous global warming.
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May 18, 2011
United States
President Obama’s Risky Middle East Speech
U.S. President Barack Obama delivers a speech in the Grand Hall of Cairo University in 2009 (Larry Downing/Courtesy Reuters) My take on why President Obama is giving a speech on the Middle East on T…
February 19, 2015
Shouting at Kerry
A remarkable news story today reveals that throughout the nuclear negotiations, the top Iranian negotiator has been shouting and screaming at Secretary of State Kerry, and that he has sat there and t…
February 22, 2011
Libya
Libya’s Leadership Crossroads
It’s unclear whether Muammar Qaddafi’s regime will survive after a failed, but brutal, crackdown on protesters in Libya. But if Qaddafi goes, CFR’s Robert Danin says Libya lacks the elements needed f…
August 25, 2015
Middle East and North Africa
"Pantomime of Outrage:" Obama and Syria
I’ve called attention to the writings on Syria of Amb. Fred Hof in several blog posts (here’s one). Hof, after a career in the U.S. Army, became the State Department’s resident expert on Syria and th…
March 8, 2006
Homeland Security
Ibrahim: Dubai May Benefit From 45-Day Study of U.S. Ports Deal
Youssef Ibrahim, managing director of Dubai-based Strategic Energy Investment Group, and a former Middle East correspondent for the New York Times, says the pending deal for Dubai Ports World to admi…